Our adventure has turned into ‘Rallying for Softies’! An 11:30am start was called for because the border between Laos and Vietnam closes between 11:00am and 13:30pm for lunch! No complaints about staying a little longer at our resort, and in fact several suckers for punishment volunteered for a zipwire ride before leaving. We …
Day 31 — Dien Bien Phu to Sapa
Our route today was only calculated at 275kms but estimated at a10 hour day, so we were turfed out at 7am to get on with it. It could be called a landscape day because that was more or less what we saw all day, although the day did not pan out to be as long …
Day 32 — A rest Day in Sa Pa
Established by the French as a Hill Station in 1922, Sa Pa today is the tourist centre of the Northwest. Sa Pa District is in Lao Cai Province, 380km northwest of Hanoi, close to the border with China. The Hoang Lien Son range of mountains dominates the district which is at the eastern extremity of …